A beautiful sunrise this morning.
Not that the PONs have time to notice. As I open the front door to head off on our morning walk an audacious cat can be seen walking across the lawn.
After a double take the PONs are on the case. A high speed chase ensues. The C-A-T makes an escape over the garden wall and through the metal railings. The PONs continue the chase across the lawn even though the cat has gone in the opposite direction and is long gone. That old PON philosophy in action : 'Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep'.
The Senegalese melon pickers are here. Three beat up old Peugeots ( of an age, and in a condition no self respecting French teenager would be seen dead in ) progress in convoy slowly down the lane. They take the speed bump with a degree of caution bordering on trepidation. Nothing falls off so the drivers accelerate away amid clouds of exhaust smoke. The passengers of all three cars smile and wave at the PONs.
So starts a Saturday morning with dogs in deepest, deepest France profonde.
What a life : https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/gustav-born-obituary-gt5k9r8jc?CMP=Sprkr-_-Editorial-_-thetimesscot-_-Unspecified-_-TWITTER
And what a contrast. Is this the sort of country we've become ? : https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/heartbreaking-footage-shows-blind-man-and-guide-dog-struggling-to-board-southeastern-train-a3825261.html
6 comments:
Unbelievably lovely early morning photos today. Thanks.
Wishing the melon pickers a fruitful season.
The sort of callous behaviour experienced by the blind doctor at the station has been going on for years. I can remember 15 years ago getting off a crowded train at Barking to make space and help a pregnant Turkish woman with a pram get on. At least one of the male passengers on the train shouted very aggressively at her that there was no room and she should stop attempting to get on. I was appalled.
Hari OM
Yes, having close ties to those with disabilities, and having some mobility issues myself, this is not new experience... but more and more society is being called to task on it. I too am impressed with that earl morning light... YAM xx
Beautiful photos.
What a calming pleasure it is to share in the seasonal changes at the ROF and your village: new calves in the pastures, wisteria in glorious bloom, and now the return of the Senegalese melon pickers. Especially lovely pictures today. Best of luck in resolving the dilemma of the chairs at the wee house; how incredibly obstinate the sales people are being.
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